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NC State news is shared far and wide. Below are just some of our recent appearances in local, regional, national and international media publications.

Oct 2, 2015 The Tribune (Indiana)

Video: US regulator missed its best chance to catch VW cheating

An NC State professor found wildly high emissions readings on a Volkswagen Jetta two years ago, but thought it was a fluke. Now, he and his students are using the real-time VW cheating scandal as a teachable moment. Chris Frey and Jeff Thomas, civil construction & environ engineering, featured. 

Oct 2, 2015 Exchange Morning Post

Researchers Measure How Specific Atoms Move in Dielectric Materials

Researchers have measured the behavior of specific atoms in dielectricmaterials when exposed to an electric field. The work advances our understanding of dielectric materials, which are used in a wide variety of applications – from handheld electronics to defibrillators. Tedi-Marie Usher and Jacob Jones, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Oct 2, 2015 Triangle Business Journal

NC State researchers look to commercialize new chip manufacturing software

Researchers have developed software that could improve a computer chip’s memory through what’s called “performance cloning.”  Yan Solihin, computer engineering, featured. 

Oct 2, 2015 Smithsonian

What Fingerprints Can Reveal About Ancestry

Clues as to whether people have European or African lineage may show up in the fine details of their fingers. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Oct 2, 2015 The Engineer

Researchers observe atomic movements to better understand dielectric materials

Researchers have measured the behavior of specific atoms in dielectricmaterials when exposed to an electric field. The work advances our understanding of dielectric materials, which are used in a wide variety of applications – from handheld electronics to defibrillators. Tedi-Marie Usher and Jacob Jones, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 Triangle Business Journal

Wal-Mart director talks buying local at NCSU College of Textiles

NC State was among the schools picked for Wal-Mart’s first $4 million tranche of its $10 million grant fund aimed at improving the domestic manufacturing industry. Specifically, NC State’s College of Textiles will use the cash to study challenges to manufacturing furniture cushions in the United States by developing new technologies to improve both fabric printing and cut-and-sew… 

Oct 1, 2015 Nanotechnology News

Researchers measure how specific atoms move in dielectric materials

Researchers have measured the behavior of specific atoms in dielectric materials when exposed to an electric field. The work advances our understanding of dielectric materials, which are used in a wide variety of applications – from handheld electronics to defibrillators. Tedi-Marie Usher and Jacob Jones, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 Washington Post (blog)

Current weather pattern is notorious for Mid-Atlantic hurricane landfalls

An NC State meteorology student has created a graphic to illustrate the mid-level steering flow for 13 tropical storms that impacted the Mid-Atlantic since 1900. Eric Webb, meteorology, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 Nanowerk

Researchers measure how specific atoms move in dielectric materials

Researchers have measured the behavior of specific atoms in dielectric materials when exposed to an electric field. The work advances our understanding of dielectric materials, which are used in a wide variety of applications – from handheld electronics to defibrillators. Tedi-Marie Usher and Jacob Jones, materials science and engineering, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 In Homeland Security

Current weather pattern is notorious for Mid-Atlantic hurricane landfalls

An NC State meteorology student has created a graphic to illustrate the mid-level steering flow for 13 tropical storms that impacted the Mid-Atlantic since 1900. Eric Webb, meteorology, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 WRAL Tech Wire

Researchers disguise drugs to fight cancer

Researchers have developed a technique that coats anticancer drugs in membranes made from a patient’s own platelets, allowing the drugs to last longer in the body and attack both primary cancer tumors and the circulating tumor cells that can cause a cancer to metastasize. Zhen Gu and Quanyin Hu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 Science 2.0

Ancestry Can Be Determined By Fingerprints

A proof–of–concept study finds that it is possible to identify an individual’s ancestral background based on his or her fingerprint characteristics – a discovery with significant applications for law enforcement and anthropological research. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 Nanowerk

Researchers disguise drugs as platelets to target cancer

Researchers have developed a technique that coats anti-cancer drugs as patient’s own platelets, allowing the drugs to last longer and attack both primary tumours and the circulating tumour cells that can cause cancer to spread. Zhen Gu and Quanyin Hu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 ScienceBlog.com

Researchers Disguise Drugs As Platelets to Target Cancer

Researchers have developed a technique that coats anti-cancer drugs as patient’s own platelets, allowing the drugs to last longer and attack both primary tumours and the circulating tumour cells that can cause cancer to spread. Zhen Gu and Quanyin Hu, biomedical engineering, featured. 

Oct 1, 2015 Daily Mail

Fingerprints reveal whether you’re black or white: Distinctive patterns show whether a person is …

Researchers found it was possible to distinguish prints left by people of African American ancestry from those with European ancestry. Ann Ross, sociology & anthropology, featured.